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Conjugation

to detain

Verb forms
InfinitiveSimple PastPast Participle
to detain play verbform detained play verbform detained play verbform
Conjugation tables
indicative
simple present
I detain we detain
you detain you detain
he/she/it detains they detain
present progressive
I am detaining we are detaining
you are detaining you are detaining
he/she/it is detaining they are detaining
present perfect
I have detained we have detained
you have detained you have detained
he/she/it has detained they have detained
present perfect progressive
I have been detaining we have been detaining
you have been detaining you have been detaining
he/she/it has been detaining they have been detaining
simple past
I detained we detained
you detained you detained
he/she/it detained they detained
past progressive
I was detaining we were detaining
you were detaining you were detaining
he/she/it was detaining they were detaining
past perfect
I had detained we had detained
you had detained you had detained
he/she/it had detained they had detained
past perfect progressive
I had been detaining we had been detaining
you had been detaining you had been detaining
he/she/it had been detaining they had been detaining
simple future
I will detain we will detain
you will detain you will detain
he/she/it will detain they will detain
future progressive
I will be detaining we will be detaining
you will be detaining you will be detaining
he/she/it will be detaining they will be detaining
future perfect
I will have detained we will have detained
you will have detained you will have detained
he/she/it will have detained they will have detained
future perfect progressive
I will have been detaining we will have been detaining
you will have been detaining you will have been detaining
he/she/it will have been detaining they will have been detaining
conditional
conditional present
I would detain we would detain
you would detain you would detain
he/she/it would detain they would detain
conditional present progressive
I would be detaining we would be detaining
you would be detaining you would be detaining
he/she/it would be detaining they would be detaining
conditional perfect
I would have detained we would have detained
you would have detained you would have detained
he/she/it would have detained they would have detained
conditional perfect progressive
I would have been detaining we would have been detaining
you would have been detaining you would have been detaining
he/she/it would have been detaining they would have been detaining
passive
passive simple present
I am detained we are detained
you are detained you are detained
he/she/it is detained they are detained
passive present progressive
I am being detained we are being detained
you are being detained you are being detained
he/she/it is being detained they are being detained
passive present perfect
I have been detained we have been detained
you have been detained you have been detained
he/she/it has been detained they have been detained
passive present perfect progressive
I have been being detained we have been being detained
you have been being detained you have been being detained
he/she/it has been being detained they have been being detained
passive simple past
I was detained we were detained
you were detained you were detained
he/she/it was detained they were detained
passive past progressive
I was being detained we were being detained
you were being detained you were being detained
he/she/it was being detained they were being detained
passive past perfect
I had been detained we had been detained
you had been detained you had been detained
he/she/it had been detained they had been detained
passive past perfect progressive
I had been being detained we had been being detained
you had been being detained you had been being detained
he/she/it had been being detained they had been being detained
passive simple future
I will be detained we will be detained
you will be detained you will be detained
he/she/it will be detained they will be detained
passive future progressive
I will be being detained we will be being detained
you will be being detained you will be being detained
he/she/it will be being detained they will be being detained
passive future perfect
I will have been detained we will have been detained
you will have been detained you will have been detained
he/she/it will have been detained they will have been detained
passive future perfect progressive
I will have been being detained we will have been being detained
you will have been being detained you will have been being detained
he/she/it will have been being detained they will have been being detained
to detain
Similar words
imprison detention stay incarcerate confine send deprive interfere postpone intern escape remand interrogate execute deport suspect hold delay apprehend bring keep jail take bring back put off carry off tarry defer kill divert longer long prisoner arrest hand police person forcibly hostage till prison custody need business unavoidably
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